I am back!

...with Trumpeter's big A-10 Warthog

After 20 years of having left this great hobby, very recently while
in Houston, Texas. I entered a hobby shop and was extremely
surprised to find out the great stuff you can buy nowadays such as decals,
resin kits, accessory sets etc. So I decided to take this hobby back!

And so I am back...... With a vengeance! I decided to
purchase one of my long time favourites: the A-10 Warthog. I chose
the huge 1/32 Trumpeter kit, and proceeded to purchase all of the
extra items I could find. Really, my shopping list included too many items
to be listed here, but the main ones were: Eduards photoetched detail sets
for interior, exterior and armament, Cutting Edge decals, Blackbox cockpit
set, CAM resin bombs...

The Trumpeter offering comes in the huge box. The box is filled to the
lid with plastic sprues. There ar also metal landing gear legs, rubber
tires, and resin cast engines. There are over 450 pieces in all, so it
took time to put it together, not to mention all the extra detail parts
and the painting!

Though my finished model is not constructed following the
"realistic sake" principle, I wanted the hog to be
presented with everything it can carry nowadays, emphasizing its
awesome firepower.

I also decided to include a pilot that would be realistic as
possible - (hopefully looking just like Major Venturella from the decal
sheet!) and proceeded to find one... to no avail ! After a
looong search looking for something that might remotely resemble an A-10
pilot, I came around a Verlinden 3 figure piece called The Ace
that could just do.

I proceeded to "adapt" the poor pilot to the desired pose. I
made several minor modifications to convert the pilot from a Vietnam era
to a modern look. I also scratch built the MBU 12 oxygen mask and
the HGU-55 flight helmet along with. There you go! The result looks OK to
me.

Now the base and the landing strip. I used a piece of real
concrete and tar - you can imagine the weight of the base! Does it
look realistic in scale? Well, yes indeed although I got a little
carried away with the weathering part so it looks extremely used up and
perhaps dangerous to actually serve as a landing strip.

And so, I hereby present the IPMS Stockholm readers with my finished
Hog. After twenty years in the limelight, I am very proud of my
model. I will keep on experimenting with more models and most importantly
enjoying the rare moments of peacefulness that I have re-discovered during
this project.

I dedicate this model to my mother, Lila, to whom I owe my life and
strength of character. Gracias mamá !

n

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